shriek
pronunciation
How to pronounce shriek in British English:
UK [ʃri:k]
How to pronounce shriek in American English:
US [ʃrik]
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- Noun:
- sharp piercing cry
- a high-pitched noise resembling a human cry
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- Verb:
- utter a shrill cry
Word Origin
- shriek (v.)
- 16c. variant of scrycke (c. 1200), from Old Norse skrækja "to screech" (see screech), probably of imitative origin. Related: Shrieked; shrieking. The noun is attested from 1580s, from the verb.
Example
- 1. If need to use a personal shriek alarm to distract your aggressor so you can get away .
- 2. There are certain types of photographs that tend to make viewers shriek " oh that \ 's cool ! "
- 3. If they happened to crawl under my dress or I sat on them accidentally they would punish me with a sting that made me shriek with pain .
- 4. Our stubborn preference for a just price evolved in a setting that is no longer common ; but evolution does not respond quickly , which may be why we still shriek with outrage at price hikes .
- 5. He owns a cacao plantation in this swath of untamed cloud forest in northern venezuela , where ocelots dart under towering saman trees and howler monkeys shriek at visitors .